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Cinderella run ends for Oñate softball with defeat to No. 3-ranked Cibola

Sun-News report

Posted:
05/17/2013 05:59:29 PM MDT

As a Cinderella team in the 2013 State Softball Championships, the Oñate Knights finally were eliminated from playoff contention Friday.

Oñate, ranked No. 10 in the state tournament bracket, lost 6-4 to Cibola in a single-elimination game Friday afternoon.

The Knights were two wins away from playing in Saturday's state championship, although such a road would have taken them through Cibola and the No. 2-seeded Carlsbad Cavegirls.

Such victories would have been a tall order, although OHS certainly had a valiant run during the state competition.

The Knights kept their season alive during Friday's early single-elimination game, beating No. 4-ranked Volcano Vista 6-5 at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho.

It was a continuation of the Knights strong play down the stretch of their season. OHS beat No. 7 Albuquerque High to begin tournament play last weekend, before losing to Carlsbad in Round 2 - the start of the double-elimination format in the State Championships.

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